Teddy Roosevelt: “There is no power that can be given to the representatives of the…”

On the recordApril 5, 1905

There is no power that can be given to the representatives of the people which it is not possible to abuse.

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Republican · New York

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Address to the Texas State Legislature in Austin

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Teddy Roosevelt: “There is no power that can be given to the representatives of the people which it is not possible to abuse.”